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Fiscal Year 2017 Report
Pathways for Academic Careerand Employment (PACE) Program
COMMUNITY COLLEGES &WORKFORCE PREPARATIONPROSPERITY THROUGH EDUCATIONw w w . e d u c a t e i o w a . g o v / c c p u b l i c a t i o n s
It is the policy of the Iowa Department of Education not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, political party affiliation, or actual or potential parental, family or marital status in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Iowa Code sections 216.9 and 256.10(2), Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d and 2000e), the Equal Pay Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 206, et seq.), Title IX (Educational Amendments, 20 U.S.C.§§ 1681 – 1688), Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq.). If you have questions or complaints related to compliance with this policy by the Iowa Department of Education, please contact the legal counsel for the Iowa Department of Education, Grimes State Office Building, 400 E. 14th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0146, telephone number: 515-281-5295, or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Citigroup Center, 500 W. Madison Street, Suite 1475, Chicago, IL 60661-4544, telephone number: 312-730-1560, FAX number: 312-730-1576, TDD number: 877-521-2172, email: [email protected].
Iowa Department of Education
Grimes State Office Building
Phone: 515-281-8260 Fax: 515-242-5988
www.educateiowa.gov
Ryan WiseDirector, Iowa Department
of Education515-281-3436
Jeremy VarnerAdministrator, Division of
Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation
Barbara BurrowsChief, Bureau of
Community Colleges515-281-0319
Pradeep KotamrajuChief, Bureau of Career
and Technical Education515-281-4716
Mike WilliamsConsultant, Bureau of
Community Colleges515-725-2005
State of Iowa Department of EducationGrimes State Office Building
400 E. 14th StreetDes Moines, IA 50319-0146
State Board of Education
Charles C. Edwards, Jr., President, Des MoinesMichael L. Knedler, Vice President, Council BluffsBrooke Axiotis, Des MoinesMichael Bearden, GladbrookBettie Bolar, MarshalltownDiane Crookham-Johnson, OskaloosaAngela English, DyersvilleMike May, Spirit LakeMary Ellen Miller, Wayne CountyRobert Nishimwe, Student Member, Des Moines
Administration
Ryan M. Wise, Director and Executive Officer of the State Board of Education
Division of Community Colleges
and Workforce Preparation
Jeremy Varner, Division Administrator
Bureau of Community Colleges
Barbara Burrows, Bureau Chief
Bureau of Career and Technical Education
Pradeep Kotamraju, Bureau Chief
Newsletter Title Page 3 PACE Program FY 2017
Introduction 4
Analysis 6
Table 1. PACE Program Expenditures and Participant Summary 7
Table 2. PACE Participant Summary by Program, All Colleges 8-9
Table 3. PACE Financial and Participant Summary by College 10
Table 4. PACE Participant Employment Summary by College 10
Table 5 PACE Participant Program Enrollment by College 11
Table 6 PACE Participant Support and Credential Summary by College 12
Table of Contents
The staff and administration of the Division of Community Colleges and Workforce
Preparation wish to acknowledge and thank the 15 community college presidents and their
staff for their assistance in developing this report. The figures noted in this report were
obtained from each of Iowa’s 15 community colleges.
Acknowledgements
The Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce
Preparation is preparing this report per the requirements in Iowa Code, Section 260H, for
the statewide Pathways to Academic Career and Employment Program. This report was
coordinated by the Department with the assistance of Iowa’s 15 community colleges.
About the Report
Page 4 Iowa Department of Education
Introduction
Program Component Requirements
Program components for a PACE program implemented
at a community college shall:
include recruitment, assessment, and referral
activities;
integrate basic skills and work-readiness training
with occupational skills training;
combine customized supportive and case
management services with training services to help
participants overcome barriers to employment; and
provide training services at times, locations, and
through multiple, flexible modalities that are easily
understood and readily accessible to the target
populations. Modalities shall support open entry,
individualized learning, and flexible scheduling; and
may include online remediation, learning labs and
cohort learning communities, tutoring, and
modularization.
Pipeline Program
Each community college receiving PACE funding shall
develop a pipeline program in order to better serve the
academic, training, and employment needs of the target
populations. A pipeline program shall have the following
goals:
To strengthen partnerships with community-based
organizations and industry representatives.
To improve and simplify the identification,
recruitment, and assessment of qualified
participants.
To conduct and manage an outreach, recruitment,
and intake process, along with accompanying
support services, reflecting sensitivity to the time
and financial constraints. and remediation needs of
the target populations.
To conduct orientations for qualified participants to
describe regional labor market opportunities,
employer partners; and program requirements and
expectations.
To describe the embedded educational support
resources available through such project.
To outline the basic skills that participants will learn
and describe the credentials participants will earn.
To describe success milestones and ways in which
temporal and instructional barriers have been
minimized or eliminated.
To review how individualized and customized
service strategies for participants are developed and
provided.
The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment
program (PACE) is established to provide funding to
community colleges for the development of programs that
will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for
members of target populations by providing them with both
effective academic and employment training to ensure
gainful employment and customized support services.
Target Populations
Individuals included in target populations are those
individuals who meet one or more of the following:
Are deemed by definition to be low skilled.
Earn incomes at or below 250 percent of the federal
poverty level.
Are unemployed.
Are underemployed.
Are dislocated workers.
Eligibility Criteria for Programs
Programs eligible for funding for PACE shall be programs
that further the ability of members of target populations to
secure gainful, quality employment; that further
partnerships linking community colleges to industry and
nonprofit organizations; and that further the following
program outcomes:
Acquire and demonstrate competency in basic skills.
Acquire and demonstrate competency in a specified
technical field.
Complete a specified level of postsecondary education.
Earn a National Career Readiness Certificate. (NCRC)
Obtain employer-validated credentials.
Secure gainful employment in high-quality local jobs.
Programs should assist in meeting economic and
employment goals such as the following:
Economic and workforce development requirements in
each region served by the community colleges as
defined by regional advisory boards.
Needs of industry partners in areas including, but not
limited to, the fields of information technology, health
care, advanced manufacturing, transportation and
logistics, and any other industry designated as in-
demand by regional advisory boards.
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Connecting students with useful college resources or
outside support services such as access to child care,
transportation, and tutorial assistance, as needed.
Maintaining ongoing contact with students enrolled in
PACE programs and ensuring students are making
satisfactory progress toward the successful
completion of programs.
Providing support to students transitioning from
remedial education, short-term training, and
classroom experience to employment.
Coordinating activities with community-based
organizations that serve as key recruiters for PACE
programs and assisting students throughout the
recruitment process.
Coordinating adult basic education services.
Regional Industry Sector Partnerships
A community college may use monies for the program to
provide staff and support for the development and
implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
within their region.
Regional, industry sector partnerships may include, but are
not limited to, the following activities:
Bringing together representatives from industry
sectors, government, education, local workforce
boards, community-based organizations, labor,
economic development organizations, and other
stakeholders within the regional labor market to
determine how PACE programs should address
workforce skills gaps, occupational shortages, and
wage gaps.
Integrating PACE programs and other existing supply
-side strategies with workforce needs within the
region served by the community college.
Developing PACE initiatives that focus on the
workforce skills, from entry level to advanced,
required by industry sectors within their region.
Structuring pathways so that instruction and learning
of workforce skills are aligned with industry-
recognized standards where such standards exist.
For more information regarding pathways and sector
partnerships go to sectorpartnerships.educateiowa.gov
Career Pathways and Bridge Curriculum
Development Program
Each community college receiving PACE funding shall
develop a career pathway and bridge curriculum
development program in order to better serve the
academic, training, and employment needs of the target
populations. A career pathway and bridge curriculum
development program shall have the following
components:
The articulation of courses and modules, the
mapping of programs within career pathways, and
the establishment of bridges between credit and
non-credit programs.
The integration and contextualization of basic skills
education and skills training. This process shall
provide for seamless progressions between adult
basic education and high school equivalency
programs; and continuing education and credit
certificate, diploma, and degree programs.
The development of career pathways that support
the attainment of industry-recognized credentials,
diplomas, and degrees.
Pathway Navigators
A community college may use PACE funds to employ
pathway navigators to assist students applying for or
enrolled in eligible pathways for academic career and
employment programs.
Pathway navigators shall provide services and support to
aid students in selecting PACE programs that will result
in gainful, quality, in-state employment, and ensure
students are successful once enrolled in PACE
programs. Services the pathway navigators may provide
include, but are not limited to, the following:
Interviewing and selecting students for enrollment
in PACE programs.
Assessing students’ skills, interests, and previous
academic and work experience for purposes of
placement in PACE programs.
Working with students to develop academic and
career plans, and to adjust such plans as needed.
Assisting students in applying for and receiving
resources for financial aid and other forms of
tuition assistance.
Assisting students with the admissions process,
remedial education, academic credit transfer,
meeting assessment requirements, course
registration, and other procedures necessary for
successful completion of PACE programs.
Assisting in identifying and resolving obstacles to
students’ successful completion of PACE
programs.
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Colleges are required to collect preliminary
employment statistics on program completers. In
FY2017, 905 individuals found new employment after
completing their training; 197 individuals retained
employment. Of note, 403 individuals continued onto
further full-time education upon completion of their
training program, which is a good indicator of the
pathway or pipeline process development of the PACE
program. At the time of reporting, 188 completers
were currently being assisted in accessing employment
through the PACE program. The overall employment
rate among completers in FY2017 was 85.43 percent.
In addition, 70.16 percent of completers reported
gaining new employment upon completion of their
training program.
Colleges continue to do an outstanding job
implementing the PACE programs in their regions and
communities as they align themselves with the new
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act legislation
(WIOA). Each college has committed to building
career pathway frameworks, structuring those
programs to ensure increased employment success of
the identified target populations. This is achieved by
refocusing program activities around collaboration with
WIOA core partners and adult basic education
programs, balancing services, and engaging sector
partnerships.
An internal and external audit was performed in
November 2017 with the business offices of each
Community College, to confirm all annual allocations,
expenses and carry forwards from inception. The audit
adjustments are reflected in this report.
This is the fourth year for Pathways for Academic,
Career and Employment (PACE) reporting. PACE funds
are allocated pursuant to the community college state
general aid distribution formula established in Iowa Code
and are eligible to be carried forward to the next year.
In FY2017, the community colleges received a state
appropriation of $4,800,000 to implement the PACE
program. Colleges made great progress in the
implementation of their PACE funding in fiscal year
FY2017.
Accounting for the funding appropriated in FY2017,
colleges spent a total of $1,438,024 on tuition and
books, equipment, fees, tutors and testing, including
support unique to that individual and resources towards
their employment pursuit and acquisition. A total of
$3,275,614 was spent on staff, faculty, and instruction for
approved participants; and $358,712 was spent on
supplies and equipment, travel and training, marketing,
communications, and program development and
expanding outreach with Regional Industry Sector
Partnerships.
An estimated $462,229 will be carried forward into
FY2018. It should be noted that a portion of the funds
carried forward into FY2017 are already dedicated to
those active students who are currently participating in
or waiting to participate in PACE training programs
during FY2017.
In FY2017, 4,624 individuals completed an application to
be considered for tuition assistance under the PACE
program. Of these applicants, 3,361 were approved and
accepted into the PACE program slightly lower than last
year. At the time of reporting, 2,727 individuals had
completed the training program in which they enrolled,
and 595 had failed to complete their training significantly
lower than last year. The remaining approved individuals
were either actively participating or waiting to
participate in the PACE program. The statewide
completion rate for FY2017 was 84.40 percent, which is
two points higher that the FY2016 completion rate of
82.60 percent.
PACE navigators provided active participants with
personal, career, and support services over 9,685 times
during the course of the fiscal year through their
interaction with each individual on a case-by-case basis.
This is a substantial increase in time and effort over last
year.
Analysis
Page 7 PACE Program FY 2017
Table 1. PACE Program Expenditures for all Community Colleges
Fiscal Year Budget 2017
Carry-forward 2016 $749,734
Current Year Allocation $4,800,000
Total Available for this FY $5,549,734
Line Item Expenses per Quarter YTD Expend.
Student Expenses: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Education Support $178,589 $221,922 $327,558 $272,840 $1,000,908
Personal Support $43,421 $104,180 $70,190 $159,759 $377,550
Career Support $13,718 $9,541 $7,643 $28,664 $59,566
Subtotal $235,728 $335,642 $405,390 $461,262 $1,438,024
Community College Costs:
Pathway Navigator $683,829 $745,230 $733,256 $744,844 $2,907,159
Other Personnel $91,121 $81,039 $89,385 $106,909 $368,455
Travel $10,026 $12,680 $9,167 $16,015 $47,888
Supplies & Equipment $14,514 $12,391 $8,874 $11,159 $46,938
Other $44,249 $75,850 $53,048 $90,740 $263,887
Subtotal: $843,740 $927,191 $893,729 $969,668 $3,634,327
Regional Industry Sector Partnerships $2,151 $6,620 $769 $5,615 $15,155
Total Expenses $1,081,620 $1,269,453 $1,299,888 $1,436,545 $5,087,505
Estimated Carry Forward to Next FY: $462,229
Participant Program Summary 2017 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 YTD Total
Number of Completed Applications: 1,743 947 1020 914 4,624
Number of Approved Participants: 1,414 560 846 541 3,361
Participant Program Summary 2016 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 YTD Total
Number of Completed Applications: 1,487 894 1,166 840 4,387
Number of Approved Participants: 1,348 643 832 603 3,426
Page 8 Iowa Department of Education
Table 2. PACE (duplicated) Participant Summary by Program, 2017 (continued on next page)
Summary of Trainings Provided 2017 2016
High School Equivalency Diploma Year total Year total
Number of Participants 773 468
Number of Completions 169 228
Developmental & Basic Skills
Number of Participants 320 408
Number of Completions 283 296
Certificate Program
Number of Participants 1,790 1,651
Number of Completions 1,514 1,489
Diploma Program
Number of Participants 646 589
Number of Completions 339 309
Degree Program
Number of Participants 1,532 1,614
Number of Completions 422 598
Unduplicated Count of Pace Participants 3,809 4,276
Did not complete/dropped out 595 743
Credential summary
Number of NCRC credentials earned 1,126 1,326
Number of 3rd party credentials earned 813 713
Total number of credentials received 1,939 2,039
Summary of Supports Provided
Receiving personal support 2,185 2,301
Receiving career support 3,089 2,722
Receiving educational support 4,411 3,681
Page 9 PACE Program FY 2017
* Employment counts and rate are based on program completers who responded to survey attempts. Employment rates, as reported
Table 2 PACE Participant Summary, 2017 (continued)
Employment Summary
Year - end total
2017
Year - end total
2016
Unduplicated number of PACE participants 3,809 4,272
Did not complete/dropped out 595 743
Number in or continuing training 1,407 1,962
Employment summary population* 1,807 1,571
New Employment 905 718
Retained Employment 197 239
Continued Education 403 160
Looking for Work/Unemployed 188 120
No Response/Unable to Contact 216 334
Total for employment summary 1909 1571
Overall employment rate 85% 89%
Overall new employment rate 70% 67%
Overall Employment Rate =
New Employment + Retained Employment
(Total Employment - Deceased - Continue Education - Unable to Contact)
New Employment Rate =
New Employment
(Total Employment - Deceased - Continue Education - Unable to Contact)
Page 10 Iowa Department of Education
Table 3. PACE Financial and Participant Summary by College, FY 2017
College
2017 Fiscal
Year
Allocation
2017 Total
Available
Funds
2017 Total
Expenditures
2017
Completed
Applications
2017
Approved
Participants
Northeast Iowa $236,714 $300,405 $278,816 652 536
North Iowa Area $225,811 $415,327 $287,660 174 62
Iowa Lakes $209,092 $210,673 $208,779 379 365
Northwest Iowa $105,325 $153,402 $152,466 34 34
Iowa Central $278,666 $291,798 $220,342 102 81
Iowa Valley $205,202 $221,371 $218,560 150 107
Hawkeye $319,543 $429,163 $448,818 316 168
Eastern Iowa $409,309 $515,454 $373,856 428 327
Kirkwood $754,583 $769,239 $755,040 208 214
Des Moines Area $850,099 $850,099 $850,099 1266 624
Western Iowa Tech $268,710 $304,325 $304,325 192 459
Iowa Western $301,436 $353,190 $336,229 239 222
Southwestern $107,307 $127,746 $90,341 134 20
Indian Hills $334,392 $369,845 $347,664 268 87
Southeastern $193,812 $237,698 $214,511 82 55
Total $4,800,000 $5,549,734 $5,087,505 4,624 3,361
Table 4. PACE Participant Employment Summary by College, FY 2017
New
Employment
Retained
Employment
Continue
Education
Unemployed/
Looking
Unable to
Contact
Overall
Employment
% *
New
Employment
% *
Northeast Iowa 11 10 0 1 3 95% 50%
North Iowa Area 22 7 1 0 0 100% 76%
Iowa Lakes 187 3 170 5 0 97% 96%
Northwest 7 0 0 1 13 88% 88%
Iowa Central 17 0 41 4 8 81% 81%
Iowa Valley 42 10 15 16 0 76% 62%
Hawkeye 77 18 6 21 13 82% 66%
Eastern Iowa 45 51 40 29 17 77% 36%
Kirkwood 34 15 40 24 22 67% 47%
Des Moines Area 205 34 32 37 78 87% 74%
Western Iowa Tech 125 3 5 31 8 81% 79%
Iowa Western 45 33 27 13 26 86% 49%
Southwestern 4 6 16 2 15 83% 33%
Indian Hills 49 5 10 4 10 93% 84%
Southeastern 35 2 0 0 3 100% 95%
Total 905 197 403 188 216 85% 70%
* Adjustment for actuals post report
Page 11 PACE Program FY 2017
Table 5 PACE Participant Program Enrollment by College 2017
College
High School
Equivalency Diploma
Developmental &
Basic Skills Certificate Programs
Participants Completers Participants Completers Participants Completers
Northeast 466 17 10 1 127 122
North Iowa Area 2 2 8 8 20 17
Iowa Lakes 18 18 187 187 35 32
Northwest 0 0 0 0 3 2
Iowa Central 7 4 7 4 28 21
Iowa Valley 0 0 0 0 26 26
Hawkeye 8 3 18 18 150 96
Eastern Iowa 140 73 0 0 368 156
Kirkwood 15 1 78 59 180 325
Des Moines Area 1 0 0 0 415 296
Western Iowa Tech 0 0 0 0 244 244
Iowa Western 106 48 0 0 97 89
Southwestern 0 0 0 0 22 16
Indian Hills 0 0 2 3 10 47
Southeastern 10 3 10 3 68 25
Total Participating 773 169 320 283 1790 1514
College Diploma Programs
Degree Seeking
Programs
Participants Completers Participants Completers
Northeast 4 0 3 0
North Iowa Area 35 10 67 17
Iowa Lakes 27 27 98 98
Northwest 32 1 41 18
Iowa Central 23 10 36 3
Iowa Valley 38 29 50 35
Hawkeye 0 0 18 0
Eastern Iowa 183 60 316 56
Kirkwood 0 0 53 4
Des Moines Area 69 4 423 57
Western Iowa Tech 151 151 263 75
Iowa Western 6 4 13 6
Southwestern 0 0 21 4
Indian Hills 9 24 27 32
Southeastern 69 19 103 17
Total Participating 646 339 1532 422
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Table 6 PACE Participant Support and Credential Summary by College 2017
College
Receiving
Personal
Support
Receiving
Career
Support
Receiving
Educational
Support
Unduplicated
Number of
Participants
3rd Party
Credential NCRC
Did Not
Complete
Northeast 99 205 661 140 45 150 1
North Iowa Area 36 52 79 96 20 13 8
Iowa Lakes 365 365 365 365 59 144 3
Northwest 7 0 76 76 9 0 12
Iowa Central 33 9 54 82 21 49 12
Iowa Valley 46 33 41 139 41 15 24
Hawkeye 190 139 176 164 107 97 32
Eastern Iowa 41 235 222 545 22 10 90
Kirkwood 178 159 249 293 120 57 51
Des Moines Area 368 1011 1505 863 127 428 159
Western Iowa Tech 459 459 459 459 36 0 91
Iowa Western 46 152 221 248 49 106 65
Southwestern 17 1 14 43 17 17 8
Indian Hills 153 153 153 153 72 39 19
Southeastern 147 116 136 143 68 1 20
Total Receiving Support 2,185 3,089 4,411 3,809 813 1,126 595
COMMUNITY COLLEGES &WORKFORCE PREPARATIONPROSPERITY THROUGH EDUCATIONw w w . e d u c a t e i o w a . g o v / c c p u b l i c a t i o n s
The Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation within the Iowa Department of Education administers a
variety of diverse programs that enhance Iowa’s educational system and help to prepare a skilled and knowledgeable
workforce. Divided between two bureaus — the Bureau of Community Colleges and the Bureau of Career and Technical
Education — the Division is committed to providing and supporting opportunities for lifelong learning. In addition to working
with Iowa’s 15 public community colleges on state accreditation, program approval, equity review, and data reporting,
guidance is also provided in the areas of career and technical education, workforce training and economic development,
adult education and literacy, military education, the state mandated OWI education program, the GAP Tuition and PACE
programs, Senior Year Plus, the National Crosswalk Service Center, and the Statewide Intermediary Network program.
